As they entered his father's study hall, Gao Lei sat beside cheng'er and was about to say something but hesitation was written all over his face. He struggled to let out the words from his mouth but in vain,
He finally decided and spoke
Aheem... well... Aaa that..... I..... Ahem.... Well... theee thinggg issss Hmmm.... whaaattt I want to say is..... That, Uhhhh in between his talk he slowly to look at cheng'er but the little boy seems to ignore his existence completely.
Gao lei gathered his courage, he took his hand forward and kept on cheng'er head and said,
you stay all day out but look how smooth your hairs are,
Ah, look at these adorable white cheeks. Sun rays don't seem to harm them...
wow look at the personality I guess emperor will give you a great position in the military when you grow up a little... my son is so brave and wise, said Gao Lei while proceeding to butter him he stole a glance at cheng'er but this stubborn boy didn't even spare a glance at his poor father.
Gao lei continued " Ah with wise I remember something precious and he took out the scrolls and kept them in front of cheng'er & said you know this belongs to my grandfather he was a great man who counted among the best legends," Wang lei " was a big name at those times, my mother inherited his knowledge and skills but due to some unexpected circumstances the library known as"Ocean of knowledge" was burned and luckily some of his precious things were preserved.
he was a man with no comparison,
"strong but doesn't bully people"
confident, but no arrogance,
kind, but not weak."
wise but no ignorance"
you know what chang'er I see in you."
Cheng'er lifted his head and looked at his father in a suspicious way and asked innocently, "Father, when I'm so good and almost resemble the legend, then why do you still punish and disrespect me?"
Gao Lei was dumb fold at his naughty son's question. He was searching for words to answer him but couldn't find them..
He said " Ah my lovely cheng'er you shouldn't keep unnecessary things in your little brain".... Ahem well... father is very busy lately and has a lot of official matters to handle so Father behaved that way. As he was about to complete his words, there was a sound from outside.
Gao lei panicked and suddenly stood from his place and went to look out just to find wen ying holding a tray of food and trying hard not to laugh but he couldn't help and let out his laugh.
Gao lei stared at him as though he would kill him through his eyes,
wen ying slowly came in and saw the situation cheng'er who had scrolls in his hand was looking at wen ying and his father.
wen ying kept the tray on the table and intended to return on his way he stopped at Gao lei and said "My lord why create such a big scene, saying " Sorry" isn't so difficult you know" Saying these words wen ying vanished in thin air as he knew the consequences of his actions just now.
Gao lei controlled his anger and went back, took the tray to cheng'er and started feeding him lovingly.
Completing their dinner peacefully, cheng'er and his father talked about skills of martial arts,
And discussed some official matters with his son as he does all the time,
Now how can one discuss official matters with a 12 years old naughty boy? Right? Yes! Even cheng's father didn't have this thought unless he once encountered a situation himself.
where cheng'er was simply a 9-year-old cute naughty little boy.
one day Gao Lei came home with a bit tensed face and straight away headed towards his study and spent the whole day thinking about the military affairs in which one matter was complicated, it's not that being a wise and great general he couldn't solve it but he was in dilemma,
After dinner, when everybody was asleep, Gao Lei got out of his bed and went to take a troll in the garden. But to his surprise, he found Chang'er playing with some grass and leaves.
He went near the boy and asked him why he wasn't sleeping in his bed but playing here with some wild grass.
He asked, "Cheng'er, where's Nanny Zhang and why aren't you in your bed?"
Cheng'er replied that Nanny Zhang was asleep, and he quietly sneaked out without her knowledge.
Gao Lei laughed at his son's mischief, and inquired, him why he was playing with those leaves in the middle of the night.
Cheng'er replied " Father I aren't playing with some leaves but separating them"
Gao Lei asked why he did so.
"Father, I'm separating these leaves, which are called, "divine luck" and are an extremely rare category of herbs. This is not the place for it to grow, but surprisingly, we have it in our garden, unfortunately, these are some wild herbs. So I'm separating them, and I'm planning to go to the alchemy store and sell them. You know Father, these are very expensive and are in high demand.
Talk about the benefits: these leaves were used a long ago in the "Han dynasty" to determine the poison & it's also a cure.
A person who died using poison if treated within an hour will get back to his life as this leaf removes the toxins and improves immunity, But, it destroys the meridian which makes the person crippled from martial arts, and he won't be able to cultivate further.
Listening to his son's explanation, Gao Lei was beyond astonished. His brain cells were messed up.
He looked at his son in a surprised state.
Because Qin Yue had a good knowledge of herbs and alchemy, she didn't know so much about these things.
Looking at his son Gao Lei wanted to test how deep his understanding does his little cute devil has,
"Cheng'er, there's a thing that my father is a bit confused about. Can you help Father understand it?" He asked.
cheng'er nodded his head
Gao Lei said but, this is an official matter don't spill the beans,
The king of the neighbouring region had sent some of his loyal spies to our "Qi Empire" to know about our plans and moves. Luckily we found some of them but, as soon as they got caught, they killed themselves by drinking poison.
So here we don't have solid evidence to directly blame or take action on the neighbouring country. But we don't want to openly investigate this case, as this may alert the remaining spies. Now I directly want to take action in their country, so what do you think about this? He inquired of the little boy, and though Gai Lei didn't have high expectations he wanted to try him out.
cheng'er heard the whole story &
responded calmly, As though he is a Grand advisor of the "Emperor"
Father, firstly when at the beginning the spies started to kill themselves, Don't you think the hidden ones would have got to know about this & might be by now they are more cautious than before? So it's no use if you investigate this matter openly or in secrecy.
" The second thing, this matter by now, would have reached their king's ears, and he already has prepared his army for its best. As he figured out, once this matter of spies is disclosed in "Qi Empire" they might attack us any time, so he is already prepared.
and now let's talk about the solution
As I mentioned to you moments ago that this plant is called "Divine Luck" and has got its benefits and one of which is as I said it can determine the poison.. according to your narration you mentioned the spies are in our "Qi Army" and as soon as they caught they kill themselves with poison,
So why don't you beforehand use these leaves on them so that the poison could be determined and they won't be aware of it?
This way, you can catch them alive and investigate them thoroughly.
you get strong evidence and you could also prepare your plans thoroughly."
After saying all this, Cheng'er got up and went to sleep as he tried running around the whole day. But the person who just heard all this was petrified, as though the lighting struck him.
He wasn't in his right mind. This situation was beyond his imagination.
Gao Lei wasn't able to recover from this astonishment. Thus, he ended up thinking about this matter for the rest of the night until the morning rays hit his face and Wen Ying had come to him and called out.
Gao lei came back to his sense. It shocked him because this kind of solution wasn't even written in the Great book of military "1000 Strategies to conquer your enemies plot"
He stood up and went back to his daily routine.
That day he thought that cheng'er was very wise and simply Great But later, he got to know that this was just a trail of cheng'er insight. Since then, he discussed every matter with Cheng'er to know his opinion on the issue.
But there was one thing that Gao lei couldn't understand: since childhood, this kid was very playful and naughty. He didn't show any interest in martial arts or any other skills. He was simply too lazy to read and write.
But, How come he had such incredible knowledge & understanding?